1888 in Sweden
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Incumbents
Events
- 6 February â Gillis Bildt assumed the position of prime minister
- 25 June â The UmeÃ¥ city fire destroyed most of the city of UmeÃ¥
- 30 September â Elizabeth Stride is murdered in Whitechapel in London.
- The Iron Ore Line is opened.
- The trade union Swedish Metalworkers' Union is formed.
- The mursmäckas launched a strike in Stockholm to raise their salary. This attracted a great deal of attention because of their gender, and the newspapers called it The Women's Strike.[1]
- The Women's Worker's Club, the first political club for women in Sweden, is founded by Elma Danielsson in Malmö.
- The temperance activist Emilie Rathou became the first woman in Sweden to demand the right for women suffrage in a public speech.[2]
- The Fotografiska Föreningen (Photographic Society) is founded: the first woman, Anna Hwass, is made a member of the board.[3]
- The morganatic marriage between Prince Oscar and Ebba Munck cause a scandal.
- 1888 Sundsvall fire
Births
- 26 January - Lisa Steier, ballerina and ballet master (died 1928).
- 18 March â Axel Janse, gymnast (died 1973).[4]
- 26 March â Elsa Brändström, nurse and philanthropist (died 1948)
- 14 December â Ã ke Lundeberg, sport shooter (died 1939).[5]
- 18 December â Mauritz Eriksson, sport shooter (died 1947).[6]
Deaths
- 21 July â Victoria Benedictsson, writer (born 1850)
- 7 February â Aurore von Haxthausen, composer (born 1830)
